Whiting & Davis Co.
Mesh Bag
1920-1985
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Whiting & Davis Co.
Mesh Bag
1920-1985
Physical Qualities
Silver, paint, jet(?), glass, lining of silk(?), copper (painted or enamelled with black), 8 7/8 x 5 5/8 x 1/4 in. (22.5 x 14.3 x 0.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Dorothy McIlvain Scott Collection
Object Number
2012.459
Tear-drop shaped painted silver coloured metallic mesh bag with silver coloured metallic clasp frame. Bottom has mesh "fringe." Frame has 8 small rectangular black lozenges and one large rectangular lozenge on the front within silver coloured filigree with tiny clear stones or glass. Back of frame is unadorned. Clasp is two silver coloured lozenges. Painted pattern is in orange-red, yellow, green and brown. Possibly floral design. Strap is silver links with thin rectangular beads, possibly black paint on copper.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2012; Dorothy McIlvain Scott, Baltimore
Inscribed: Embossed on frame: "MESH/WHITING & DAVIS CO./BAGS" Also etched on frame: "DOROTHY SCOTT/BALTIMORE,MD"
